I wanted to have a costume that was homemade and amazing but also functional. So when I decided to become a unicorn, I wanted to make sure I could detach the legs. I used pool noodles for the legs, wrapped them in fabric and pinned it (no sewing) attached the legs to a card board … Read more
I wanted to make a medusa costume that would stand out and wouldn’t make me look awkwardly bald like so many of the fake snake hair wigs do. I started out with a bag of 150 plastic snakes and set about attaching them to 5 black headbands that would be connected to create a sort … Read more
This New Years Eve a group of my friends wanted to go out as the Spartan Gods from the film Immortals. As the film hadn’t been out very long they couldn’t find anything suitable at any costume shops so they came to me. Having made one of them a King Leonidas outfit when 300 came … Read more
These costumes were sooo easy to make and we got so many compliments, it was sooo worth it! I simply bought white fabric (you can use old white linen) for each one of us. For my younger daughter I folded the fabric in half, cut a hole for the head and glued gold fabric I … Read more
Part of a trio of goddess costumes I made for three teenagers. This costume is made entirely from Dollar store and Thrift store finds and hand sewn and hot glued. Artemis is the goddess of the moon and the hunt. Her crown is made from a headband and a piece of plastic that I cut … Read more
Part of a trio of goddess costumes I made for teenagers. Athena is the goddess of love. Her crown is made from the face shield of a Dollar store helmet. It is attached to a headband and glued with fake pearls and jewels. The white dress is from the Thrift store and has six yards … Read more
Part of a trio of goddess costumes I made for teenagers. Athena is the goddess of war and wisdom. She wears a white dress and red Indian blouse from the thrift store. Her armor is all from the Dollar store that I painted and glued jewels to. Athena also cut the head from Medusa to … Read more
I made this homemade Spartan costume for my 22nd birthday. I had spent most of my summer without a job and decided to be creative. I spent large amounts of my time making the helmet and shield as the cape was relatively simple as was making the grieves. The helmet started as a strip of … Read more
This Medusa Costume was a bit challenging to make, but I was very pleased with the outcome. I fortunately had the gold dress already, so I purchased the gold thong shoes to match. That was the easy part. The Heard Parts: The head dress/snakes: I bought two fleece blankets, one brown and one green. Began … Read more
After looking online for appropriate armor and helmet I was unimpressed and decided to make my own homemade Leonidas King of Sparta costume. Using pieces of poster board I cut the shapes I needed and taped/glued everything together to make my “forms”. I then used packing tape over each piece to make water resistant, as … Read more
This is a homemade Satyr costume my husband and I made for our 15 year old daughter. After looking at the ‘off the rack’ costumes offered this year, she decided to go with a homemade Satyr costume. We did a lot of research online and found several websites with instructions for digitigrade stilts made out … Read more
My husband and I had a really hard time thinking up a costume last year, but we decided at the last minute to be a Greek God and Goddess. We went to WalMart and bought white sheets, leaves from the floral section, and gold rope from the craft section. When we got home, we cut … Read more